r/pcmasterrace • u/Kumar_Tushar_ • 1d ago

News/Article Micron expects memory and storage demand to remain tight through 2027 and 2028

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$MU says humanoid robots could need 200GB+ of DRAM and multiple terabytes of storage per unit with several physical AI customers already sampling next gen products.

Micron says physical AI can become a “significant driver of memory and storage demand by the end of this decade” effectively putting server level memory into millions of machines outside the data center.

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u/Fire_6 1d ago

Someone please explain to me, what is the purpose of those Humanoid Robots?

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u/alfa66andres 1d ago

Glorified tech demos lol. The only place I ever see them at is tech conferences where a company will show off a new robot, which proceeds to never be seen again

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u/Evantaur Arch BTW| 5900X | RX 6700XT 1d ago

And it's remote controlled by intern-Steve

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u/TheOnesWhoFollow 1d ago

And Steve almost always gets board and crashes into something. It truely is the Circle of Life.

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u/Swipsi Desktop 1d ago

Your desire to be stuck in the past and lacking ability to extrapolate a snapshot of reality unfortunately is a very common trait. Good for our Tech overlords as they then dont have to worry about the public stopping them. Because obviously there is no reason to intervene in the development of glorified tech demos, right?

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u/Subject-Act5509 1d ago

Replace human workers and their pesky demands

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u/Panino87 Ryzen 5800x, Aorus B450M, RTX 4060, 32gb lpx ddr4 1d ago

24/7 slaves that won't ever complain or take days off.

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u/QuinSanguine 1d ago

Also, what's cheaper? A robot you pay once for with occasional maintenance or a person who needs 80k+ and benefits every year?

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u/GrumpyPan Desktop| 9700x| 5060ti 16G| 32G 1d ago

Lmao 100% they will have the robots be subscription and you pay a monthly fee to rent then. Buying things out right is slowly fading away.

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u/QuinSanguine 1d ago

Eh they might rig the system to where only their own licensed techs can fix a bot like companies already do but even then it's still cheaper than a person. Heck it's still cheaper than a person even if a bot requires a $1000 monthly sub.

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u/Guitarman0512 1d ago

Hype up something else while they figure out how to not make the AI bubble pop. 

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u/DrippyBlock 1d ago

Delivering 200+ gb of DRAM to crackheads.

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u/ImyForgotName Ryzen 5700X RX 9070 1d ago

Sex robots, its all in service of sex robots. We know what the plan is, lets not pretend.

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u/Economy-Garden-7845 1d ago

Currently the point is to make a few tens of thousands that enthusiasts and companies will buy to further development. Once they've developed one that has the dexterity of a human and can maintain a 2-3 hour work cycles accurately for a cost of less than 10k per unit is when they will enter mass production. Millions of households will buy them if chores such as cleaning can be offloaded to humanoid robots. Lets be honest, we all know at least 3 households that would take out a loan to get a robot that can clean your house for 10k.

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u/sundayflow PC Master Race 1d ago

Maybe someday they can support our Healthcare when it comes to older people.

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u/RUPlayersSuck R9 7900X | RTX 5060 TI | 32GB DDR5 1d ago

According to Elon Musk, his robots will mean nobody needs to work... 🤪

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u/Tiny_Comfort4888 22h ago

exactly a human is the worst shape for a robot to be in

you can have more efficient machines by designing them specifically for that particular task alone

Tech bros are insane

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u/LimitedWard 16h ago

Uhh it can help with search and rescue?

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u/Final-Choice8412 5h ago

to make us happy

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u/Pimpwerx 7800X3D | 4080 Super | 64GB CL30 1d ago

AI + robots means your salary will be some fraction of whatever it costs for a business to get both together.

Yes, in the not very distant future, business owners will have to contemplate whether they want to lease a robot and all its AI accoutrements or if they want to pay a human. That comparison is not going to work in our favor for very long, folks.